It was widely reported that the house of comic actor, John Okafor , aka Mr . Ibu, was robbed and that he lost over N 14 m to the thieves .
While many sympathised with the actor, others also questioned why the actor would keep such a large sum of money in his house , considering the cashless policy adopted by most Nigerians.
Some people also insinuated that the actor exaggerated about the amount he lost to the robbery .
In a chat with Sunday Scoop , Okafor made some clarifications . He said , “ When I said I lost N 14 m , there was a misconception that it was all in cash but that was not the case.
One million naira cash , and properties worth over N 13 m were carted away .
Some of the items the robbers stole included gold wristwatches, necklaces and jewellery .
They also stole shoes belonging to me and my wife , and a lot of other items . The trauma is still very much for my wife and kids .
They are still in shock because the thieves knocked down the doors of the house and you can imagine the type of noise they would have made at the time they came , which was about 3 am. ”
On the insinuation that he exaggerated about the cost of the items stolen, Mr . Ibu said , “ The total cost of all the things that were stolen is even more than the N 14 m that I said . I have no reasons to lie about that . ”
Speaking on how the security of his house was compromised , he said , “ I live in a renowned estate for crying out loud, and we have different types of security in place .
I am totally surprised as to how such an incident could have happened .
Right now , I feel someone gave the robbers some information.
However, some arrests have been made already . We identified two of those who were arrested from the CCTV footage . ”
